Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 2002/02

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tony Pay's important comment
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 07:46:14 -0500

Good then, let's argue it. When a composer writes music, they either have an
aesthetic in mind, or one arises naturally from their expressive proclivities.
Either way, it's not happenstance, in the sense that whatever they produce is
a reflection of the thoughts and feelings they have at the moment that they put
pen to paper (or finger to keyboard in this modern age of computerized engraving).
Unless the creator is actually a computer programmer who has written an algorithm
for the automted generation of harmony and line, their music will have an emotion-
al, expressive element that cannot be separated from the person who produced it.

~ Neil

--- Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk> wrote:
> Assuming any creative artist has an emotional message to convey via one of
> his/her works is *extremely* arguable.
> Roger S.
>
>
>
> In message <20020219192250.51917.qmail@-----.org writes:
> > --- HatNYC62@-----.com wrote:
> >
> > > Tony suggests that a performer should not be completely boxed in by a
> > > composers text. I agree with him to the extent that that text constrains
> > > one's ability to express an emotional message to a listener.
> >
> > Is this emotional message one that originates from the performer, or
> > are you referring to the performer's best attempt at conveying the
> > emotional message that the composer had in mind when (s)he created
> > that text in the first place?
> >
> > ~ Neil
> >
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